Police continue to investigate the case of Eva Fullmer, nearly 6 months after her body was found in a burning car. Now, her family is asking the public for information.

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On May 12, police found a car burning on Adel and Lamar streets in Savannah. Inside, they found the body of Eva Fullmer. "I sit and lie awake at night and wonder what did she do that was so wrong? How did she wrong this person or people," asked her sister, Caitlin Butcher.

On Thursday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigations and Savannah Metro Police ruled her death a homicide. They also released her identity for the first time, publicly. Although, Eva's family had already laid her to rest in August. WJCL asked police late Thursday why that information was not released to the public. We were only told the case was under investigation.

"Just knowing that somebody took her and not knowing how they took her and they just put her in a car and lit it on fire... it's really hard to deal with, it's really hard to deal with," said Butcher, who lives with her mother in California. Eva's death has taken a toll on the whole family.

"Please, somebody find it in your heart to come forward. We want to know what happened to her. She deserves to be home with us and somebody cut her life short and took that from us. They took that joy and love from our life," she said.

Butcher says the family's biggest fear is never finding out exactly what happened and who is responsible.

Police ask if you have any information in this case, get in touch with them.

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ALL NEW TONIGHT --
THE FAMILY OF EVA FULLMER IS
SPEAKING OUT -- ASKING ANYONE
WHO MIGHT KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT
HER COLD CASE INVESTIGATION TO
COME FORWARD. FULLMER'S
BODY WAS FOUND IN A BURNING
CAR IN MAY... METRO POLICE
ARE NOW SAYING IT WAS A
HOMICIDE. WJCL'S ASHLEY
LIOTUS IS LIVE AT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WHERE THAT
INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY...
ASHLEY?
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SHANNON -- POLICE
CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE
CASE OF EVA FULLMER - NEARLY
á6 MONTHS AFTER HER BODY WAS
FOUND INSIDE A BURNING CAR.
TONIGHT -- THE FAMILY IS
PLEADING WITH THE PUBLIC FOR
ANY INFORMATION. BECAUSE
THEY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN
ANSWERS.: "WE DONT KNOW WHY,
WE DON'T KNOW HOW, WE DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHEN." ON MAY
12TH, POLICE FOUND A CAR
BURNING ON ADEL AND LAMAR
STREETS IN SAVANNA
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INSIDE --- THEY FOUND THE
BODY OF EVA FULLMER.: "I SIT
AND LIE AWAKE AT NIGHT AND
WONDER WHAT DID SHE DO THAT
WAS SO WRONG? HOW DID SHE
WRONG THIS PERSON OR PEOPLE?"
THURSDAY, THE GEORGIA
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND
SAVANNAH METRO POLICE RULED
HER DEATH A HOMICIDE. THEY
ALSO RELEASED HER IDENTITY FOR
THE FIRST TIME PUBLICALLY.
-- EVEN THOUGH HER FAMILY LAID
HER TO REST IN AUGUST. WE
ASKED POLICE LATE TODAY WHY
THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT
RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC - BUT
WE WERE ONLY TOLD THE CASE WAS
"UNDER INVESTIGATION.": "JUST
KNOWING THAT SOMEBODY TOOK HER
AND NOT KNOWING HOW THEY TOOK
HER AND THEY JUST PUT HER IN A
CAR AND LIGHT IT ON FIRE IS
UM...IT'S REALLY HARD TO DEAL
WITH, IT'S REALLY HARD TO DEAL
WITH." NOW FULLMER'S
FAMILY SAYS THEY JUST WANT
ANSWERS.: "PLEASE SOMEBODY
FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO COME
FORWARD.WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO HER.SHE DESERVES
TO BE HOME WITH US AND
SOMEBODY CUT HER LIFE SHORT
AND TOOK THAT FROM US.THEY
TOOK THAT JOY AND LOVE FROM
OUR LIFE." AT 22, HER
LIFE, CUT SHORT.: "SHE
DESERVES JUSTICE."
SOMETHING -- THAT HAS YET TO
COME.: "THAT'S ONE OF MY
BIGGEST FEARS THAT THAT'S WHAT
OUR LIVES ARE GOING TO BOIL
DOWN TO.IS -- WAITING AND
WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO BE
CAUGHT AND IT'S NEVER GOING TO
HAPPEN."
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AGAIN WE REACHED OUT TO
POLICE LATE TODAY TO FIND OUT
WHY EVA'S NAME WAS NOT
RELEASED. WE ARE STILL
WAITING TO LEARN MORE. IF
YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HER
DEATH -- PLEASE CONTACT THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE TIP
LINE PHONE NUMBER IS -
525-3124. LIVE IN
SAVANNAH, ASHLEY LIOTUS WJCL
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